This post also contains information on the GAR Building located at Grand River & Cass sort of a VFW Hall for Civil War Veterans.

Link to the Civil War Footage:
Civil war veteran soldier footage, captured between 1913 and 1938

the G.A.R. building in Detroit is one of the civil war landmarks of our area. It was kinda the V.F.W. hall of it's time. It's supposedly owned by Illich

http://www.forgottendetroit.com/gar/index.html